German Signatures on Letters, Photos, Etc. 2

SIGNED COLOR PHOTO OF ACE HAJO HERRMANN. $65.00

SIGNED B&W PHOTO OF ACE HAJO HERRMANN $65.00

IN 1994, I TRAVELED TO GERMNAY WITH THE AMERICAN FIGHTER ACE'S ASSOCIATION TO A RE-UNION AND INVITATION FROM THE GERMAN PILOTS ASSOCIATION (GEMEINSCHAFT DER JAGDFLIEGER) IN GEISENHEIM, JUST OUTSIDE OF FRANKFURT (MAIN). FROM THERE WE TRAVED BY TRAIN TO BERLIN AND TOOK A DAY TRIP TO A AIR BASE THAT WAS JUST 4 MILES FROM POLAND, THIS WAS THE JAGDGESCHWADER 73 FIGHTER WING AIR FORCE BASE IN PRESCHEN. THE BASE COMMANDER AND PILOTS GAVE US A WARM GREETING, ALONG WITH A LUNCH AND AIR SHOW JUST FOR US. I PURCHASED A LOT OF SOUVENIR'S, PATCHES, BADGES, SCARVES ETC. PLUS I HAD THIS PROGRAM(TYPED IN ENGLISH) WITH THE MIG-29 ON THE FRONT SIGNED BY THE BASE COMMANDER AND FIVE OF THE MIG PILOTS. I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO WRITE THEIR NAMES DOWN. I HAVE THIS SIGNED PROGRAM FOR $25.00 AND A SECOND UN-SIGNED PROGRAM FOR $10.00

SIGNED LETTER OF NIGHT FIGHTER ACE, WOLFGANG FALCK, aka THE FATHER OF NIGHT FLYING/FIGHTING. $70.00

8X10 B&W PHOTO SIGNED BY WOLFGANG FALCK. $75.00

3 1/2 X 6" B&W PHOTO OF WOLFGANG FALCK. $75.00

THIS IS A SPECIAL BOOKPLATE FOR DAVID P. WILLIAMS BOOK, KNIGHT FIGHTERS. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR DAVID WILLIAMS AND 2 NIGHTFIGHTER ACES: GEORG GREINER OF IV/NJG1 & PAUL ZORNER II/NJG100. $95.00

4 SIGNED LETTERS FROM RUDOLF OPITZ, Rudolf "Pitz" Opitz is one of Germany?s most famous test pilots. Because of post-World War I aviation restrictions, he began his flying career in gliders. Born in 1910, he built his own glider in 1934 and soon was an instructor at Germany?s famous Wasserkuppe flying school. Three years later he became involved in test flying and piloted many of Alexander Lippisch?s glider and tailless aircraft. With the start of World War II, he joined the Luftwaffe as a glider instructor and, on 10 May 1940, flew in the predawn raid on the Belgian fort of Eben Emael--reportedly the strongest fortification in the world. In a matter of minutes, this first-ever use of military gliders in combat secured the fort and two strategic bridges over the Albert Canal, thus paving the way for the German blitzkrieg into the low countries. After this mission, "Pitz" resumed his test pilot duties and was assigned to the top secret Project X, a program to develop the world?s first operational rocket interceptor--the Me-163 "Komet." This aircraft was a tailless design that soon shattered all existing speed and time-to-climb records. Carrying only 4 minutes of rocket propellant, it was designed to takeoff and intercept high-flying bomber formations in just 90 seconds. After attacking with its two 30-mm cannons at speeds approaching 600 mph, the Me-163 became a glider and demanded extraordinary skills to relocate the field and safely land on the first pass. As chief test pilot, "Pitz" flew the Komet with its highly volatile rocket fuel and survived numerous near-fatal crashes. At the end of the war, he was Commander of the Second Group of JG 400, an Me-163 equipped fighter wing. Following World War II, he came to the US as part of Project Paperclip to work as an engineer and test pilot at Wright Field, Ohio. In this capacity, he participated in development and flight testing of rigid tow equipment to make it possible to tow cargo gliders under instrument flight conditions. "Pitz," now a US citizen, retired following a 20-year career as a test pilot with Avco-Lycoming Company. Still active in soaring, he has over 9,000 hours of flight time with more than 5,000 dead-stick landings. $95.00 EACH

THIS IS A FLYER THE THE ARTWORK OF ROBERT BAILEY TITLED HORRIDO! IT HAS HORST PETZSCHLER'S SIGNATURE UNDER HIS PICTURE. $35.00

HORST SENT THIS 5 PAGE RE-PRINT FROM THE MAGAZINE, SECOND WORLD WAR, THE ARTICLE IS BY WALTER J. KONANTZ OF THE 55TH FIGHTER GROUP. HIS STORY OF SHOOTING DOWN HORST AND THEN THEIR COMING TOGETHER YEARS LATER TO RECONSTRUCT THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY. HORST PETZSCHLER HAS SIGNED ON HIS PICTURE IN THIS ARTICLE. $35.00

THIS 8 1/2 X 11" BIO OF HORST PETZSCHLER IS SIGNED BY HIM AND BY THE ARTIST OF THIS FW-190 ERNIE BOYETTE. $35.00

8X10" B&W PHOTO SIGNED BY ERNST SCHEUFELE WHO SERVED IN JG5 & JG4, HE OBTAINED 18 VICTORIES. $40.00

8 1/2 X 11" BIO & PICTURE OF KURT SCHULZE WHO SERVED IN I/KG2 AS THE COMMUNICATION & NAVIGATION OFFICER. SEPTEMBER 1943 KURT BECAME A PILOT & SERVED WITH III/JG5. KURT FLEW 103 MISSIONS AND HAD 3 VICTORIES. $25.00